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FREDRIK TOLL AND VILLIAM WEBER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,739, dated July :2C-lf, 1883.

Application filed March 5, 1883.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDRIK rIoLL and WILLIAM WEBER, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShoes, of which the following is a specifi: cation.

Our invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of shoes, slippers, Ste., and it consists in the peculiar mode of cutting the material, whereby the upper and sole leather are formed-of one piece, with a single seam in front, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention belongs to make the same, we will now proceed to describe its construction, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures l and 2 are perspective views of different styles of shoes cut as herein described, and Figs. 3 and4 are views of the blanks from which they are formed.

A represents a shoe formed with its sole and front in one piece of material, cut with a point or tongue, a., and two side wings or extensions, a c', as seen by Figs. 3 and 4. The point a. and forward ends of the wings a are joined by a seam, as shown in Fig. l, or by cementing, and this forms a Vishaped seam from each corner ofthe toe to a point on top, and in the center ofthe same, from which point it extends directly up the center ofthe upper or front7 B, as represented in the drawings.v It will thus be seen that a very easy and lasting shoe is formed, the upper of which will be water-proof, and, by reason of the peculiar cut of the point c, it will also be formed with a box-toe not liable to hurt the foot. To render the making and iitting of the shoe easier, as well as to soften (No model.)

and give elasticity to the upper, it may be skived or thinned away upon the point and wings.

In Fig. 2 is shown a shoe having the sole and sides formed as described, and the balance of the front made of soft leather or cloth. This forms a very light and easy shoe, water-proof at the sides, where most needed, and also of heavy material at this point, where there is most wear upon the upper. It is obvious that the seams of this sh oe may be sewed, cemented, or joined in any suitable manner, and may, ir' deemed prop er, be covered by fancy-cut leather of different material, as seen in Fig. 2. Halfsoles are sewed on in the usual way by forming a shallow channel in the lower edge of the sides or upper to receive the stitches.

C represents a fasteningdevice consisting of a strip of material secured at the sides of the shoe, near the ankle, and passing around the instep, where yit is provided with a tongue extending down and secured to the front, as shown. The ends of the strip C are secured in any manner found most suitable, and may be provided with an elastic section, as represented at c, and forms a handy and convenient fastening for low shoes or slippers.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ish

The boot or shoe blank herein described, consisting of the sole provided with the side wines c and ointc ada ated toform the shoee a a l front, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FREDRIK TOLL. VILLIAM VEBER. Witnesses:

GHAs. KnnssMANN, FRANK JorrNsoN. 

